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Christmas in Italy with Cristina Fontanelli

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Two Earth Day Events! Planet Heart’s 16th Annual World Peace Earth Day Celebration and A Better World’s Earth Day Celebration!

Austin Tang — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:17:40 +0000

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Planet Heart in partnership with We The World proudly presents our annual Earth Day event—a celebration of oneness, peace and sustainability. Together let’s honor the very essence of our existence—Mother Earth, celebrate our interconnectedness, and build a future where all life flourishes in harmony and peace. Regardless of background or belief all are embraced in this tapestry of love and reverence. This is not just an event; it’s a call to embody the change we wish to see in the world. Your presence is not just desired; it’s essential. Come let us journey together towards a brighter tomorrow.

featuring:

Co-hosts Mark Becker & Christine Marie (herself performing)

Keynote Speaker/Performer & Sustainability expert Michael Elley

Circle of Hands Drum (with RoseMary & Dainah Wereley and others)

Native Elder and Medical Intuitive Angelica Cubides OM

International Peace advocate Audrey Kitagawa

Vibrational Sound & Light Language Healer Jodi Serota

QiGong expert and host of Heart of Mind Radio Kathryn Davis

International leading Shamanic Teacher Itzhak Beery

Visionary Musician, interactive music with Kevin Nathaniel

Humo Maya: Cosmic Shamanic Sound Healing

Singer-Songwriter Diane Feldman

Reawakennd Poet Andrew Kaen

Singer-Songwriter lisa roma and friends

and Rick Ulfik on piano

Media Broadcasts: April 5 Heart of Mind Radio with Kathryn Davis with Guests Andrew Kaen, Christine Marie and Angelica Cubides

Welcome to WE Show with host Robert Levine (3/28) Guests: Andrew Kaen and Angelica Cubides

A Better World with Mitchell Rabin with guest Itzhak Beery

April 22, 2024 at Times Square is a Earth Day Event LIVE at Duffy Square on 47th Street and Broadway with Good News Broadcast from 12-4pm and live on UNIFY!

Another Earth Day event is happening Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 7pm with Mitchell Rabin

Saturday, April 20, 2024 online at 7PM EDT

Another Earth Day is upon us. And it is our duty to honor & celebrate Mother Earth as it is our duty to report “who is doing what” to restore our precious eco-system to harmonic balance, that balance we humans have so thrown off. And in that light, we have a stellar line-up to talk about Earth!

Opening with blessings by Chief Phil Lane who creates a sacred space, & who has been kind enough to be with us for years, followed by an array of dynamic speakers by whom we will be educated and inspired to action. In between some speakers is the music of two internationally-renowned musicians: the mellifluous voice & music of the beautiful Kristin Hoffman & serene and jazzy music of Premik Russell Tubbs.

Each speaker in his/her own right is outstanding. Among them, we are grateful to also have a translator/spokesperson of the Kogi Indian Tribe of Colombia, a searing voice calling their younger brother, us, to action to protect Pachamama.

This year, we’re pleased to have:

Chief Phil Lane: an indigenous leader in human and community development and a member of Ihanktonwan Dakota and Chickasaw Nations. Founder and chairman of the Four World’s International Institute.

Charles Eisenstein: renowned speaker, writer, and author of several books including Climate: A New Story and The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible.

Colin Grant: environmentalist, eco-entrepreneur, holds a unique combination of knowledge and experience in ecosystem restoration, sustainability software, innovation and strategy.

Kristin Hoffmann: a Juilliard-trained singer, conscious musician and producer. She is the vocalist for the internationally acclaimed show, BELLA GAIA. A strong advocate for peace and Earth/Ocean conservation.

Bruce Lipton is a world-renowned biologist, author, teacher, speaker and should be nominated for the Nobel Prize in medicine for his breakthrough work in epigenetics and understanding the power of the mind on the body.

Bharat Mitra: is a visionary heart-centered entrepreneur, whose work manifests in many forms, including business, philanthropy, and community co-creation and loving Seva. He is the Founder of ORGANIC INDIA, Member of the Board of FabIndia.

Camara Cassin: is a multidisciplinary polymath educated in Environmental Science Technology, Permaculture and Psychospiritual Guidance. She is the founder of Visionary Fund, a crowdfunding platform for personal growth and visionary projects.

Lucas Dreier: anthropologist, has been working for over a decade with the Kogi people of Colombia, conducting anthropological research and collaborating on projects to protect their territory and share their message.

Premik Russell Tubbs: acclaimed musician, composer, producer and teacher, has a music career that spans decades & genres from Jazz to pop to spiritual, having played with Santana, Herbie Hancock, Sting, Ravi Shankar & on.

Mitchell J. Rabin: long-time MC of Earth Day, is host of the popular A Better World Radio Podcasts & TV, holistic psychotherapist, social impact eco-entrepreneur, writer & speaker.

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Headless Horseman Stories, Sleepy Hollow’s Village Historian Henry Steiner Shares his Blog

Alexandra — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:29:48 +0000

Henry John Steiner is the village historian of Sleepy Hollow, NY and my wonderful hometown as well ..Paul.

https://headlesshorsemanblog.wordpress.com/

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a short story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” was first published in 1820. Along with Irving’s companion piece “Rip Van Winkle“, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity.

From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by name of Sleepy Hollow … A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere.

—Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen known as Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors. Some residents say this town was bewitched during the early days of the Dutch settlement, while others claim that the mysterious atmosphere was caused by an old Native American chief, the “wizard of his tribe … before the country was discovered by Master Hendrik Hudson.” The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman, supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper whose head had been shot off by a stray cannonball during “some nameless battle” of the Revolution, and who “rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head”.

The “Legend” relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of wealthy farmer Baltus Van Tassel. Ichabod Crane, a Yankee and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel’s extravagant wealth. Bones, the local hero, unable to force Ichabod into a physical showdown to settle things, plays a series of pranks on the superstitious schoolmaster. The tension among the three continues for some time, and is soon brought to a head. On a placid autumn night, the ambitious Crane attends a harvest party at the Van Tassels’ homestead. He dances, partakes in the feast, and listens to ghostly legends told by Brom and the locals, but his true aim is to propose to Katrina after the guests leave. His intentions, however, are ill-fated.

After having failed to secure Katrina’s hand, Ichabod rides home on his temperamental horse (named Gunpowder) “heavy-hearted and crestfallen” through the woods between Van Tassel’s farmstead and the farmhouse in Sleepy Hollow where he is quartered at the time. As he passes several purportedly haunted spots, his active imagination is engorged by the ghost stories told at Baltus’ harvest party. After nervously passing a lightning-stricken tulip tree purportedly haunted by the ghost of British spy Major André, Ichabod encounters a cloaked rider at an intersection in a menacing swamp. Unsettled by his fellow traveler’s eerie size and silence, the teacher is horrified to discover that his companion’s head is not on his shoulders, but on his saddle. In a frenzied race to the bridge adjacent to the Old Dutch Burying Ground, where the Hessian is said to “vanish, according to rule, in a flash of fire and brimstone” before crossing it, Ichabod rides for his life, desperately goading Gunpowder down the Hollow. However, while Crane and Gunpowder are able to cross the bridge ahead of the ghoul, to Crane’s horror it rears its horse and hurls its severed head directly at Ichabod. The schoolmaster attempts to dodge, but is too late; the missile strikes his head and sends him tumbling headlong into the dust.

The next morning, Ichabod has mysteriously disappeared from the area, leaving Katrina to later marry Brom Bones, who was said “to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related”. Indeed, the only relics of the schoolmaster’s flight are his discarded hat, Gunpowder’s trampled saddle, and a mysterious shattered pumpkin. Although the true nature of both the Headless Horseman and Ichabod’s disappearance that night are left open to interpretation, the story implies that the Horseman was really Brom (an extremely agile rider) in disguise, and suggests that Crane survived the fall from Gunpowder and immediately fled Sleepy Hollow in horror, never to return but to prosper elsewhere, or perhaps was killed by Brom himself. Irving’s narrator concludes the story, however, by stating that the old Dutch wives continue to promote the belief that Ichabod was “spirited away by supernatural means”, and a legend develops around his disappearance and sightings of his melancholy spirit.

In a Postscript (sometimes unused in certain editions), the narrator states the circumstances in which he heard the story from an old gentleman “at a Corporation meeting at the ancient city of Manhattoes“, who didn’t “believe one-half of it [himself].”

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“Breaking Down Prejudice to those with Disabilities. ”Summer in the Forest is a full length uplifting feature movie. Opening March 23 in Village East Cinema.

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SUMMER IN THE FOREST

108 minutes

Opens at Village East Cinemas in NYC on March 23, 2018

Trailer accessible via www.summerintheforest.com

Audio described / access version available

Facebook: @SummerInTheForestFilm Twitter: @SummerIntForest

Synopsis

SUMMER IN THE FOREST

Like countless others Philippe, Michel, Andre and Patrick were labeled ‘idiots’, locked away and forgotten in violent asylums, until the 1960s, when the young philosopher Jean Vanier took a stand and secured their release – the first time in history that anyone had beaten the system. Together they created L’Arche, a commune at the edge of a beautiful forest near Paris and a quiet revolution was born.

Now in his 80s and still at L’Arche, Jean has discovered something that most of us have forgotten – what it is to be human, to be foolish, and to be happy.

SUMMER IN THE FOREST invites us to abandon the rat race and forge new friendships. Amid the ancient trees, Philippe, Patrick, Jean and the others welcome us into their lives. If there are rules to break, they will be broken and if there is a truth to be told, they will tell it. Michel wants to share with us his war torn past, Andre is desperate for a date, and young David will prove himself a hero in the fight against the forces of evil.

UK Press Comments

“Joyously uplifting,” Daily Mail

“It is a film that could, and should, change your life,” Rosa Monckton

“A film full of laughter and joy,” Christina Patterson, Guardian

“An extremely important film,” Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Chief Art Critic, The Times

“Turns the world upside-down…deserves a giant screening in Trafalgar Square,” The Spectator

“Reaches out to one’s sense of what it is to be human,” Katie Hollier, Mencap

“Revolutionary… a tender-hearted documentary,” Daily Express

“Above all, a peaceful vision,” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Exceptionally moving,” Sight & Sound

Director’s Statement – Randall Wright

As a child every few weeks my father would drive the family over to my grandparents for Sunday lunch. Perhaps once a year, May, his aunt, would drop by later in the afternoon. She made a dramatic entrance. She had a disfigured face, strange clothes and was referred to as ‘simple’. When she entered the room everyone went quiet and my sisters and I were frightened of her. No sooner had she made her entrance she was being ushered out again. All I can remember of her was a gentle muttering and a ‘hello’. Nearly every family has a May somewhere in their history. She is the hidden inspiration for this film, but the truth is I remember very little about her, beyond the hello. People with intellectual disabilities are the most rejected people on the planet. There is something deep inside us, inside me, that wants to forget she exists. Reading Jean Vanier’s books helped me start to understand why.

I first met Jean Vanier at St Pancras International, on his way home to a village, Trosly-Breuil, north of Paris. Towering above me like Jacques Tati, he has one of the kindest faces you will ever see. He sat down in a cafe and listened patiently to my idea for a documentary that tried to get to know the intellectually disabled as people. He then invited me to visit his community, on the fringes of an immense ancient forest.

Jean Vanier is one of the great humanitarians of our time. He saw the value of people with intellectual disabilities and rescued them from lunatic asylums in 1964 and, by proving they could live in an ordinary house, changed the care system for a whole category of human beings throughout the Western world and beyond. The organization he founded, L’Arche, in France, now has 151 communities in 37 countries, including the US, and is constantly growing. He has authored classic books on the subject, won international awards, such as the Templeton prize, but he is not a household name, unlike his friend Mother Teresa.

Jean Vanier’s whole being is focused on the exact opposite of worldly ego. He has given his life to people we judge to be failures. He also suggests that these marginalized people, far from being insignificant and irrelevant have something to teach us by example: that we need each other; that we must wake up from our fantasy of perpetual individual success. As he says in the film: the powerful lead us to ideology, the weak are in the dirt and lead us to reality. This philosophy he learnt from the pioneers he built his first community with, who are also the subject of the film: Philippe Seux, Patrick Droualt, Michel Petit and Andre Stubenrauch.

Throughout the making of Summer in the Forest I kept in mind one of Vanier’s key questions: how do you make friends with someone different to you? It is a question Vanier has asked perhaps all his life. He takes it further: how do you reach out to people on the margins, to different social or ethnic groups, and how do you make peace with your enemy? It is a practical question that came out of his experience of the atrocities of the Second World War, especially the attack by the Nazis on the weakest members of society. It is also the question the stars of the film, including others, David Surmaire, Sara Daqdaq and Andre Stubenrauch asked of us: ‘Will you be my friend?’

To make the film we had to learn to let our barriers down and to give up some of our controlling filmmaking habits. Before we even started Theo Chester the assistant director and I spent weeks getting to know people before the cameras arrived.

Eventually we chose the Val Fleuri, a large light-filled house where many of the founding members still live, and where, fifty yards from his modest cottage, Jean, now 88, has most of his meals. Gradually the stars started to choose themselves: Patrick Druault, with his constant request for cigarettes, Andre with his constant complaints, Michel Petit with deep philosophical observations of his own, and David a small young man keen to show us his manliness.

Throughout the summer our stars took us deep into the forest to ponder, joke and often unexpectedly reveal the stories of their lives by whichever anarchic method seemed most appropriate: psychodrama, memories of wartime experience, confiding in stories of love, or performing comic routines. The elemental forces of the forest, and summer gave these moments the epic backdrop they deserved because behind them lay the immense courage that enabled them to rebuild their lives. The whole film is shot more like a fully orchestrated fiction film to give them the production values they deserve but are rarely given.

As an aside – in these romantic locations two characters made their first steps to fuller independence: Celine falls in love with Fred Dethouy, and they plan to get married. Their story chimed with another personal memory of mine. During my childhood in Leicester, enlightened local education authorities placed physically handicapped students in regular primary school classes. One of those students, with cerebral palsy, became a life long friend. It was only recently she pointed out that I, along with the rest of her friends, had failed to realize that all she wanted from life, like everyone else, was to fall in love. Many of the older people in the film, like my friend, mention marriage as an unattainable dream, but for the next generation growing up in a community of mutual respect finding a partner is a realistic possibility.

Summer in the Forest is about Michel’s courage, Jean’s hope, Maha’s grace, Andre’s longing, Helmi’s loyalty, Celine and Fred’s love; all people who have made a very beautiful world alongside our very broken one. It tries to answer the question ‘how can you make friends with someone different to you’ but also why you should try. When you are with people with intellectual disabilities they teach us by example to drop the guard, and stop pretending. It’s a chance to rediscover ourselves.

Cast Biographies

David

Hobbies: Music & Dancing

Favourite Film: Texas Walker

Favourite Animal: Dogs

Using his strength to save the world is David’s top priority. A self-styled super-hero from Royan, David thinks big. He’s not at all interested in being small. When not saving the world, David can be found dancing in his room, working at the packing plant, hanging out with his girlfriend Pauline, or watching movies – old Westerns are a particular favourite. Like the cowboys of old, if anyone annoys or threatens his girl, he’s always there to be her hero.

Celine & Fred

Occupations: Groundskeeper (Fred) and mosaic artist (Celine)

Hobbies: Holidays in the sun

Future projects: Planning a wedding

When Celine first arrived at Le Val Fleuri, she was shy and withdrawn, the opposite of boisterous, playful Fred, who immediately caught her eye. The two first spoke on a trip to Lourdes, when she accidentally hit him with a coke bottle, and they’ve been inseparable ever since. In the years they’ve been an item, Celine has emerged from her shell, and the happy couple are about to be engaged. It’s their dream to live together, alone, but close enough to the community to call in for breakfast.

Michel

Interests: World War II & Birdwatching

Favourite Exercise: Long walks

Would Like To Be: A Historian

Michel’s earliest memories are of hiding in the basement in his hometown of Amiens while bombs fell during the Second World War. From Amiens, he was moved to an asylum, where he endured years of abusive treatment from wardens – but they couldn’t break him. Michel rebelled, shaving his head and walking 30km to escape. Now living happily in Trosly, calmer and more reflective these days, Michel is still haunted by dark memories from the past.

Hobbies: Wrestling

Favourite Music: Jean Ferrat

Favourite Films: Romantic Comedies

Andre grew up in a tough, macho household, with a strict father who insisted that Andre should live his life to the full. Over the years, he’s tried his hand at crafts like pottery, weaving and painting – as well as the occasional wrestling match – but amongst his friends at Trosly, Andre feels like he’s finally found his place and has started looking to the future. Most of all he wants to travel, perhaps alongside his best friend Widad, whose company he cherishes during their regular evening meals.

Sara

Hobbies: Crafts & Shopping

Favourite Food: Chips

Would Like To Be: Happy & Content

Above all, Sara wants to see people smile and be happy. It’s her passion, both in her community at Ma’an Lil-Hayat, and with her family and friends outside. She loves music, dancing and having a good time, as well as shopping for clothes out in the winding streets of Bethlehem. A natural listener, Sara is a confidante and a rock for all of her friends, an honoured position that she takes very seriously.

Patrick

Interests: Shopping

Favourite Drink: Non-alcoholic Beer

Would Like To Be: An Artist

Patrick is passionate about food, drink and especially shopping, but his inner thoughts are often enigmatic. Many see him as something of a loner, off on his long solo walks around the village and childhood haunts in Paris, but those who know him will have seen another side to Patrick – one that’s affectionate, caring and often very funny. One day, he may even do what everyone’s been telling him for years, and give up the cigarettes.

Hilmi

Occupation: Textiles craftsman

Interests: Style, exercise

Happiest when: Hanging out with friends

Before coming to Ma’an Lil-Hayat, Hilmi was ridiculed and regularly beaten by his peer group and even hostile strangers who didn’t understand him or what he’s about. At the centre, he’s free of all that, and able to indulge his passions for fashion, crafts and music. Hilmi is often the life and soul of the Bethlehem community, soaking up the attention at parties, though he has a shy side too, and can just as often be found hidden away in the corner, chatting with close friends.

Jean

Hobbies: Writing

Favourite Food: Christmas Pudding

Pet Peeves: Intolerance, Violence

Now 87, Jean has spent more than half his life working and living with the community that he founded in Trosly, an experience that has transformed his life. Once he was a naval officer, but now he dedicates all of his time to the community, be that travelling the world – a task he doesn’t relish – or wasting time with his friends back at Le Val Fleuri.

Filmmaker Bios

Randall Wright

Director

Randall Wright lives in London. After university Randall was accepted for traineeships at the BBC in editing and directing. He has now directed and produced over thirty major documentaries. His most recent films include the cinema film Hockney which premiered at the London Film Festival and released in the US, UK, France, Italy, and Australia. It was nominated for an RTS, Grierson and won the FIFA award. His current cinema documentary is called Summer in the Forest which tells the story of Jean Vanier, and the first communities for people with intellectual disabilities, and has been nominated for Best Film, and Best Documentary Film at the Nice International Film Festival.

His previous work includes UK Lucian Freud: A Painted Life, which was critically acclaimed, winning an RTS award for best documentary of the year and earning a Grierson and Emmy nomination, and BAFTA Robert Flaherty nomination, Jack. The Lad a comic documentary about the years leading to Jack Rosenthal’s first screen play, which was nominated for a BAFTA; The Secret Centre, about John Le Carre’s career as a spy; and many films on sub-Saharan African subjects including an acclaimed three part series for Channel 4, Africa Unmasked.

During his childhood in Leicester, enlightened local education authorities placed physically handicapped students in regular classes. One of those students, with cerebral palsy, became a lifelong friend and introduced him to the realities of life with disabilities, including people with intellectual disability. Summer in the Forest celebrates the international movement L’Arche that made known the gifts of people with intellectual disabilities working together for a humane society.

Richard Wilson

Producer

Richard Wilson escaped the BBC 17 years ago and has since produced some 200 films, mostly documentaries, for TV and cinemas around the world. He has won multiple awards in a career that stretches from the South Pole to daytime TV.

Patrick Duval

Cinematographer

Patrick studied Fine Art, then took film at the RCA. He has shot many Art documentaries, independent features, TV drama, comedy and commercials. He jointly won the Evening Standard Award and Valladolid Film Festival in Cinematography for Terence Davies’ Distant Voices/Still Lives and shot the Prix Italia-nominated I’ll Be Your Mirror.

Paul Binns

Editor

Paul Binns is a BAFTA award- winning film editor who trained at the London International Film School. Paul’s work includes the films I’ll Be Your Mirror, about the photographer, Nan Goldin, and Tell Me The Truth About Love, about the poet W.H.Auden. In 2006 he won the BAFTA Editing Craft Award for the drama- documentary, The Year London Blew Up.

Mangurama

Mangurama, a partnership between Abramorama and Mangusta Productions, brings films that celebrate “consciousness” to the big, medium, and small screen. The company will invest in the distribution and completion of paradigm challenging and consciousness expanding visual content. Mangurama’s films are the next generation of mind, body, spirit documentaries, covering not only spirituality, eastern philosophy, yoga and meditation, but also economics, politics, philosophy, sexuality and aspects of the human existence.

Credits

An R2W Films Production in association with Rockhopper Productions and Filmwrights

SUMMER IN THE FOREST

Director

RANDALL WRIGHT

Producer

RICHARD WILSON

RANDALL WRIGHT

Director of Photography

PATRICK DUVAL

Film Editor

PAUL BINNS

Music

JOHN HARLE

Production Manager

SERENA KENNEDY

Assistant Director

THEODORE CHESTER

Researcher

ALEXANDRA FENNELL

Sound Recordists

LAURENT BEN NAHIM

ISSA J. QUMSYAH

Additional Sound

CLÉMENT BONNARDEL

Assistant Producer

GARRY SYKES

Bethlehem Fixer

NAJWA MUBARKI

Drone Operators for Les Dronographes

BASILE DELL

JEREMIE LIPPMANN

Bethlehem Drone Operator

HANNA ABU SADA

Camera Assistant

JASON HENWOOD

Business Affairs

CORRINA FOWLER

MUSIC PERFORMED BY

Saxophone, Bass, Keyboards

JOHN HARLE

Flutes

ANDY FINDON

Guitars and Banjo

JOHN PARRICELLI

THE DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA

Concertmaster

BILL HAWKES

Sound Engineer

ROLAND HEAP

Production Accountant

HAMIT MEHMET

Technical Support

SAM DAVIS

Post Production

MOLINAIRE

DI Colourist

ASA SHOUL

Online Editor

DES MURRAY

Assistant Online Editor

BEREN SOWTER-CROLL

DI Supervisor

MATT JAMES

DI Co-ordinator

THERESA CROOKS

DI Conform Editors

MICHELLE CORT

JOHNATHAN DICKINSON

LEIGH MYERS

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

GEORGE FOULGHAM

Dialogue Editor

CLAIRE ELLIS

Sound FX Editor

TOM FOSTER

Music Editor

NAS PARKASH

Foley Recordist

CIARAN SMITH

Foley Artist

GARETH JONES

Foley Editor

STUART BAGSHAW

Post Production Manager

SEAN McMORRIS

Sales Executive

TOM ROGERS

Press and Publicity

ALIYA MUGHAL

Unit Photographer

SEBASTIAN RICH

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO

Oliver Pawle

Lord Mervyn Davies

Natalie Blyth

Bruce Bower

Edward Chandler

Tim Church

Marc Ciancimino

John Colquhoun

Peter Cross

Michael Dawson

Justin Dowley

Mark Edwards

Charles Fitzherbert

Marek Gumienny

Graham Hutton

Philip Marsden

Chris Purslow

Simon Ronan

Tim Syder

Christian Sweeting

Dominic Tayler

Adrian Aylward

Caroline Aylward

Catherine Goodman

Anne Chabert

Fr Christopher Jamison OSB

Ruth Pople

Nicola Roberts

Anya Sitaram

Peter Weil CTVC

Nigel Williams

The International Foundation of L’Arche:

Eileen Glass

Patrick Fontaine

Louis Pilote

Heather Coogan

L’Arche Trosly-Breuil:

Christopher Asprey

Isabelle Aumont

Widad Bisher

Odile Ceyrac

Marie-Charlotte Huttepain

Christine McGrievy

Christine Peloquin

Régine Kerhuel

Odile Olivier

Pauline Rebilly

Marie-Alix Regout

Hugues Volant

Fred Guillemet

L’Arche Bethlehem:

Kathy Baroody

Mahera Nassar Ghareeb

Hitham Daoud

Amal Abu Zalaf

Kholoud Khoury

Yasmine al-Haj

Fatmeh Hamad

Library and Archives Canada

Décors naturels de la forêt dominiale de Compiègne, gérés par l’Office National des Forêts

Sahar El Laiali

Composed by the Rahbani Brothers

Samra Ya Samra

Composed by: Karem Mahmoud

Gen Du Pays

Composed by: Gilles Vigneault. Licensed courtesy of: Gilles Vigneault

ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE

by John Harle

Published by Chester Music Limited

THE SHERIFF

Lyrics by Charles Hart. Music by John Harle. Sung by Paul Jones

In Memory of Pauline Dinah Wright

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10th Taste of the Upper West Side, Brought to You by American Airlines and MasterCard, Videos and Podcasts are Here…

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The Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, and one of New York City’s official business districts. The BID area, from West 67th Street to West 82nd Street, is a continuous stretch of shops and restaurants, including the American Museum of Natural History and the New-York Historical Society. All commercial properties within the area are members of the BID. Our focus is on making our area a superb public space, so that business thrives and the quality of life for visitors and those living and working in the area is enhanced.

New Taste of the Upper West Side is an annual celebration of all the prominent chefs who have flocked to the Upper West Side in recent years. All net proceeds from this event are dedicated to neighborhood projects. Please see the Beneficiaries page to see specific projects we are working on for this year.

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16th Annual Leadership Awards Reception

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Our 16th Annual Leadership Awards Reception will be held on Thursday, March 10 (6-9pm) at St. John’s University, 101 Astor Place, in the East Village. This year’s theme is “Light One Candle.” The evening is co-sponsored by The J. Luce Foundation, Orphans International Worldwide, and The New York Global Leaders Lions Club.

16th Annual Leadership Awards Reception

Theme: “Light One Candle

The J. Luce Foundation, Orphans International & Global Leaders Lions Club
Thurs., March 10, 2016 (6-9pm); St. John’s University, 101 Astor Place, NYC
Red Carpet Step-and-Repeat Photo Op

Open Bar Featuring Selection of “Hellenic Spirits”+
(Ouzo, Mastiha & Samos Moscato Wine)
Vodka Tasting courtesy of Balls Vodka
Resalso from Vineyards of Bodegas Emilio Moro
Artist-in-Residence: Rohan Bhargava
Global Citizens: H.E. Amb. Katalin Bogyay of Hungary,
H.E. Amb. Catherine Boura of Greece
Humanitarians: Rita Cosby (Broadcaster),
Steve Killelea (Entrepreneur & Philanthropist)
Luce Leaders & Scholars: Sophie Alford, Thanh Dang, Francisco Donoso,
Jewels Harrison, Ramin Herath, Alexander Perruci, Rylie Wahl

Special Certificate from the
Hon. U.S Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
J. Luce Leadership Experience – Hellas (May 14-22)
The Bauer Fund (Dr. William Bauer)
The Hellenic Fund (Georgia Nomikos)
The Manjushree Fund (Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura)
The Sri Lanka Fund (Sunil Herath)
Rohan Bhargava/Rovaco Dance Company Presents
Committee: Gwendolen Cates, Thanh Dang, Susie de Rafelo, Michael Dotsikas, Sara Herbert-Galloway, Sameer Garg, Mary Harrison, Meera Kajendrakumar, Kevin Camacho, Isaac Kassin, Audrey Kitagawa, Hector Liang, Mathew Luce, Dino Malliaros, Hiten Manseta, Gregory Muller, Lynne-Marie Paquette, Pablo Povarchik, Matt Scott, Yoshiko Tamaki, Mangala Weerasekera – in formation
With Tomaczek Bednarek (Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter), Scott Eisenberg (Swap The Biz), Conor Grennan (Next Generation Nepal), Jitin Hingorani (JINGO Media), Hon. Ben Kallos (N.Y.C. Council), Dr. Judy Kuriansky (Columbia University), Gabi Lovve (Lovve Enterprises), Hon. Geneive Brown Metzger (Jamaica), Georgia Nomikos (Orpheus Luxury Collection), Guillermo Perez (Lions Clubs), Dr. Gama Perruci (Marietta College), Loraine Cancro Silvetz, MSW (Global Stress Initiative), Camille Tibaldeo (Fountain House), Vlada von Shats (Yasha Ramen), Paul Sladkus (Good News Broadcast) – in formation

Silent Auction Items & CharityBuzz On-Line – $75,315 total value
www.CharityBuzz.com/LuceFoundation
Onnetsuki Facial
Meet Peter Yarrow
Ideals of Hellas Trip
Dinner with Jim Luce
Hellenic Symposium Dinner
Stay in Jamaican Villa for Two
Lux Dream Trip to India for Two
TV Show Segment Featuring You
V.C. Pitch Coaching for Non-Profits
Socrates’ Philosophy 3-Day Seminar
Dinner with a Famous Tibetan Monk
Global Leadership & Self-Improvement
Benefit Table – Tibetan Orphan Benefit
Your Own Keynote Corporate Presentation
Trip to Tibetan Orphanage in Tawang, India
Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom Statue
Executive Presentation Skills Coaching for Ten
Networking Bootcamp for 20 Employees/Clients
Corporate Leadership Workshop for Your Company
World-Renowned Stand-Up Comedian Performance

Reception Chairs: Washington Garay, Stacee Mandeville & Jessy Moya
Facebook Invitation

Tickets at the Door – $150, Advance – $100; Student with I.D.,
Lions Advance – $75;
Global Adviser (Listed) & Student Advance – $50

‘Tickets’ may be purchased online at http://tinyurl.com/k7qa4wj. Checks payable to
The J. Luce Foundation may be sent to 540 Main Street #418, New York, N.Y. 10044. There are no actual tickets, but rather a Security List where ALL guests must be listed.

Thanks to Battery Dance Company, Business Systems Consulting NY, Drake Media Network, Fountain House, Gaia Holistic Inc., Global Peace Index, Habitat for Humanity, Incognito Bistro, Indo-American Arts Council, Linus Publications, Lovve Enterprises, Marietta College, New York on Tech, Operation Respect, Orpheus Luxury Collection, Red Leaf Coaching, RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation, St. John’s GLOBE Program, Swap the Biz, Tornado Media, TUSK Boutique, wOw Prezi, and Yasha Ramen!

Friends – with only one week to go before our 16th Annual Leadership Reception at St. John’s University on Astor Place in Manhattan, I wanted to share with you the Draft of the Event Program being typeset in Sri Lanka for us, and let you know that we have only 20 tickets left! You can see the advanced copy of it here. Thanks to you, we are supporting Young Global Leadership! – Jim

Contributions may be made online here: https://tinyurl.com/qyx6hlf

Contributions may be mailed to the J. Luce Foundation
540 Main Street #418, NY, NY 10044.
The Foundation is a 501(c)3 NYS-Registered Charity.
Contributions are fully tax-deductible.

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Jim Hickey, Tour Toggenburg Mountain – Onondaga County

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1135 Toggenburg Rd,
Fabius, NY 13063
P: 315-683-5842
Toggenburg Mountain Winter Sports Center is family owned and operated. Located on Toggenburg Road just off NY Rt. 80, it is one mile east of the Village of Fabius. Toggenburg has 21 trails, including two terrain parks, serviced by five lifts. Check this Web site for our many services, such as equipment rentals and childcare. The Foggy Goggle Restaurant and Sports Bar is acclaimed as one of Central New York’s finest eateries!
www.skitog.com

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The Café au Go Go Revisited Music Series

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Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of the Legendary Village Venue

at Greenwich House Music School

**Opening night**

Monday, February 24, 2014

Scenes from a Café with DAVID AMRAM,

TERRI THAL, MATT UMANOV and moderator ASHLEY KAHN

Live Performance by STEVE CUIFFO as LENNY BRUCE

at Greenwich House Music School – 46 Barrow Street, NYC

Showtime: 8:00pm

Tickets: $20

Join us as we celebrate the would-be 50th anniversary of Café au Go Go, with original footage of artists performing at the Café in ‘Seven Years Underground: A 60s Tale’ directed by Jason Solomon, son of the original Café owners, Howard and Elly Solomon. A panel discussion will follow about the origination and history of the Café as music venue with David Amram, Terri Thal, Matt Umanov and moderator Ashley Kahn. Following a brief intermission,Steve Cuiffo performs Café alum Lenny Bruce’s material verbatim and in character.David Amram, the “Renaissance Man of American Music” (Boston Globe), was a frequent performer and friend of Café au Go Go since its opening 50 years ago. As a multi-instrumental musician versed in over 35 instruments, he introduced the French horn to jazz (along with Julius Watkins) more than sixty years ago while playing with many of the 1950`s jazz legends, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton and Oscar Pettiford. Some of his other musical collaborators include Bob Dylan, Tito Puente, Pete Seeger, Willie Nelson, Jack Kerouac, Odetta, Leonard Bernstein, Richie Havens, Arthur Miller, Langston Hughes, Joe Papp, Elia Kazan, Antonio Carolos Jobim, Patti Smith, Paddy Chayefsky, Steve Martin, Archibald MacLeish, John McEuen and Johnny Depp. Amram has conducted 75 of the world’s great orchestras, and composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works, two operas, 23 Broadway scores, and 21 film scores, including the classic films Splendor in the Grass, The Manchurian Candidate, and Pull My Daisy. He is also a progenitor of international indigenous folk music to America over the past half century and has been referred to as the “Father of World Music.” Amram has authored three books, and has written the forewords to new biographies of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Andrew Zuckerman’s book and feature film documentary Wisdom: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give to Another, features Mr. Amram as one of the World’s 50 Elder Thinkers and Doers. The symphonic live recording of Amram’s composition THIS LAND: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie, as conducted by David Amram with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra will be released in April 2014, along with the DVD release of Lawrence Kraman’s feature length documentary film, DAVID AMRAM: The First 80 Years. Website: http://david-amram.blogspot.com

Ashley Kahn is an author, educator, music journalist, and concert producer. A professor of music history and criticism at New York University who lectures at other institutions as well, his books include A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album, and Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. Kahn’s writing has generated two Grammy nominations, three ASCAP/Deems Taylor Awards, and two Book of the Year distinctions from the Jazz Journalists Association.

Website: http://www.npr.org/people/4847621/ashley-kahn

Terri Thal was well known in the vibrant Greenwich Village art scene of the 1960s. During that time, she was married to (and managed) Village folk legend Dave Van Ronk, who is the inspiration behind Joel and Ethan Coen’s movie Inside Llewyn Davis. She also managed other folksingers, including Bob Dylan (for a year), the Holy Modal Rounders, Maggie and Terre Roche and Paul Geremia. A recent article Thal wrote on Inside Llewyn Davis generated intense discussion in the music and film worlds about whether the movie accurately reflected the folk music scene of the 60s.

Matt Umanov is the founder of Matt Umanov Guitars on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. Since 1965, his store has been a must-visit for any guitarist passing through New York City who can explore his eclectic collection of guitars, amps, pedals, and other accessories. Over the years, Umanov has become equally well known for his deep knowledge of the guitar and the history behind the instrument.

Website: http://umanovguitars.com

Celebrated performer Steve Cuiffo has immersed himself in the work of Lenny Bruce, delivering sublime, hyper-real, verbatim resurrections of the great American thinker’s monologues. Fifty years after his death, Bruce’s often prophetic, freedom-loving skewering of American culture is as dazzling, hilarious and insightful as ever.

Website: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/01/24/110124ta_talk_friend

Upcoming Shows in The

Café au Go Go Revisited

Series:

March 6 – DOM FLEMONS and ELI “PAPERBOY” REED
March 13 – FALU
March 20 – PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER
March 27 – MICHAEL DAVES and TONY TRISCHKA
April 3 – JULIA HALTIGAN
April 10 – Getz Au Go Go Revisited: Another Look at Bossa Nova in the 1960’s
with VITOR GONCALVES, CESAR GARABINI, MARCOS KUZKA,
SERGIO KRAKOWSKI, EDUARDO BELO and FERNANDA BRAVO
April 17 – DAVID AMRAM meets THE AMIGOS
April 24 – DEVA MAHAL

All Tickets to Upcoming Concerts are $20 or Less – Available Now Online by Clicking Here

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For a complete schedule of upcoming shows as part of the Cafe au Go Go Revisited series, more information about the Café au Go Go’s fiftieth anniversary, photos and interview opportunities, contact GreenHousePublicity@gmail.com

Greenwich House Music School is a program of Greenwich House which was founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help Greenwich Village’s immigrant population adjust to life in NYC. Today, the staff remains true to its founder’s mission to help individuals and families lead more fulfilling lives by offering social and health services, cultural and education programs and opportunities for civic involvement to nearly 15,000 New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds annually. For more information about Greenwich House, contact Parisa Esmaili at pesmaili@greenwichhouse.org

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“Pomp and Circumstance” at Paumanack Village

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On September 20, 2013, graduation certificates were presented to 11 deserving residents of Paumanack Village who completed a rigorous 16-week curriculum taught by SeniorNet Computer Mobile Learning Center volunteers. The proud graduates began with classes in basic computer skills and progressed to Internet, E-Mail, Digital Photography, Music and more. A very happy graduate won a SeniorNet refurbished computer and everyone enjoyed refreshments provided by the Paumanack Village Administration.

Last year the administrators of Paumanack Village, a low-income section 8 community, decided to sponsor this educational project for the benefit of its residents. Attending the ceremony, which took place at the Paumanack Village clubhouse, were Paumanack Village Housing President Bill Davidson along with ServiceCoordinators Mary D’Agostino and Stephanie Edson. Leading the group of SeniorNet volunteers who attended was Slava Vero, Family Service League board member and SeniorNet Director who has often stated that she is always pleased when SeniorNet’s unique teaching method helps another group of senior citizens across the “Digital Divide” into the 21^st Century.

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Village Playback Theatre is an innovative New York theater company.

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Based out of the East Village for over a decade, VPT combines music, improv and storytelling in new and dynamic ways to transform audience members’ stories into an exciting theater experience. Theatergoers enjoy both the thrill of live improv and the powerful experience of seeing a moment in their lives onstage.

VPT offers public performances for New Yorkers as well as private shows for under served populations, and they partner with a broad range of local, national and international organizations. Previous clients include New York University, The New School, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Past seasons have included performances for New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy and 9/11, members of the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization, and individuals struggling with mental illness and addiction.

The Annual Spring Gala Fundraiser celebrates the end of VPT’s 10th season with food, cocktails, an auction, and an interactive performance from company members. Friends of the company and curious newcomers will have the chance to mix and mingle with artists and experience live theater in a fun and immersive setting.

We have a lot to celebrate but need help with funding. This season we’ve provided performances for audiences struggling with mental illness, addiction and homelessness–people who don’t often have access to the arts.

Additionally, this year marks the launch of VPT’s Open Rehearsals, a popular series of interactive training workshops for actors and non-actors.

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